The Film Books Thread

[Inspector Abberline]

Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze In America 1957-1972

A great book looking at the merchandise and toys that came out of the late 60s monster boom,unfortunately it now seems to have doubled in price brand new.
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Time-trip back to the frightening era of 1957-1972, when monsters stomped into the American mainstream! Once Frankenstein and fiends infiltrated TV in 1957, an avalanche of monster magazines, toys, games, trading cards, and comic books crashed upon an unsuspecting public. This profusely illustrated, full-color hardcover covers that creepy, kooky Monster Craze through features on Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the #1 hit "Monster Mash," Aurora's model kits, TV shows (Shock Theatre, The Addams Family, The Munsters, and Dark Shadows), Mars Attacks trading cards, Eerie Publications, Planet of the Apes, and more! It features interviews with James Warren (Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella magazines), Forrest J Ackerman (Famous Monsters of Filmland), John Astin (The Addams Family), Al Lewis (The Munsters), Jonathan Frid (Dark Shadows), George Barris (monster car customizer), Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (Rat Fink), Bobby (Boris) Pickett ("Monster Mash" singer/songwriter) and others, with a Foreword by TV horror host Zacherley, the "Cool Ghoul."

[Demoncrat]

Currently reading Jay Slater's Eaten Alive!
A varied collection of essays in need of a proof reader imo. Bare Behind Bars is not from 1987 ahem. Still, any book that makes me dig out a certain Jorge Grau film etc etc.....

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Currently reading Jay Slater's Eaten Alive!

A varied collection of essays in need of a proof reader imo. Bare Behind Bars is not from 1987 ahem. Still, any book that makes me dig out a certain Jorge Grau film etc etc.....

I was reading this the other day. Always makes me laugh when I read Kim Newman's review of Jungle Holocaust and he says he won't talk about Cannibal films again, yet he appeared in the doc on Shameless's CH blu & DVD

[Demoncrat]

Ah, he's always value for money imo......

Reading it has made me want to watch that again though (JH cough), as it is easily the worst of his films.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

I was reading this the other day. Always makes me laugh when I read Kim Newman's review of Jungle Holocaust and he says he won't talk about Cannibal films again, yet he appeared in the doc on Shameless's CH blu & DVD

He's in High Rising's Eaten Alive doc too.

His disdain for cannibal films is very apparent though.

[Rik]

Yeah, definitely

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

He's in High Rising's Eaten Alive doc too.

His disdain for cannibal films is very apparent though.

His disdain for gender and racial criticism is also equally apparent, basically saying if you do that, you may as well criticise all westerns for their depictions of Native Americans!

[Demoncrat]

Reading a Taschen book called Cinema Now (4p on Amaz*n right now haha). Which is from 2007, so certain directors are not yet covered. Whilst certain films get more coverage than others (cough American titles!!), it certainly makes me want to dig out some of these....3 Iron & Innocence especially. Haven't watched the dvd that came with it yet.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Reading a Taschen book called Cinema Now (4p on Amaz*n right now haha). Which is from 2007, so certain directors are not yet covered. Whilst certain films get more coverage than others (cough American titles!!), it certainly makes me want to dig out some of these....3 Iron & Innocence especially. Haven't watched the dvd that came with it yet.

I have this book too, I can't remember where I got it, possibly Fopp a good few years ago, I haven't 'read' it as such but looked at the nice pictures

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Reading a Taschen book called Cinema Now (4p on Amaz*n right now haha). Which is from 2007, so certain directors are not yet covered. Whilst certain films get more coverage than others (cough American titles!!), it certainly makes me want to dig out some of these....3 Iron & Innocence especially. Haven't watched the dvd that came with it yet.

I saw 3 Iron years ago and thought it was excellent.